backpropagation

Error signal descent

Backpropagation is the algorithm that trains neural networks by working backward from output to input.

When a network produces the wrong answer, backpropagation calculates how much each connection contributed to the error, then adjusts those connections to reduce future mistakes.

The process repeats across thousands of examples until the network learns: The model improved after backpropagation through millions of training samples.

optimization

momentum

Product of mass, velocity

convergence · epochs · annealing · overfitting · underfitting · generalization

neural

weights

Heavy objects for lifting

neurons · gradient · delta · sigmoid · node · convolutional

algorithm

feedforward

Control anticipating disturbances

biological

synapse

Nerve signal crossing point

  • neuronImpulse-conducting cell
  • axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
  • dendriteNeuron's input branch

cortex · brain · plasticity · cognitive

Opposites
direction of signal flow

backpropagationforward pass

Throw toward opponent's goal

feedforward · inference · prediction · serving

learning paradigm

backpropagationreinforcement learning

Training through reward signals

random search

Family

propagate, propagation, propagated, propagating, propagates, propagator, propagative, backpropagated

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